Re: T shirt Price Info

On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Robert Hailman wrote:

> Adrian Morgan wrote:
> >
> > > And, above all, what is a money order?
> >
> > I have no idea.
>
> I never thought a money order was so unknown outside of North America.
>
> I've never used one, so I'm not entirely sure, but basically what a
> money order is is a certificate that says that the person who's name is
> on the money order can redeem an amount of money as stated on the order.
> The difference between this and a check is that a money order is paid in
> advance, not when the check is cashed.
Heck, I've lived in the U.S. half my life and I've still never seen one.
They were just those mythical things mentioned on TV when they were
trying to get you to order things.  But then, my parents come from Korea,
which is extremely cash-based (if you pull out the equivalent of $500 to
buy something in a store no one will look at you funny, though you do
have to be careful about carrying that much money on you) and probably
never had reason to use a money order, what with credit cards and all.

I use a debit card myself.  It feels much safer...and I'm already enough
in debt to the federal government.  I *hate* being in debt.  I see no
reason to put myself further in debt just yet.

But yes--I can see how people wouldn't know what a money order is, since
I barely do myself.

YHL